Terms Flashcards
Ethos
Moral and ethical character
Plainchant
A unison unaccompanied song
Victimae paschali laudes
Neume
Sign used in the notation of chant to indicate a certain number of notes and general melodic direction
Solmization
Method of assigning syllables to steps in a scale, makes it easier to identify and sing whole and semitones
Liturgy
Prescribed body of texts to be spoken or sung and ritual actions to be performed in a religious service
Mass
The most important service of the Catholic church
Mass for christmas day
Mass Proper
Texts of the Mass that are assigned to a particular day in the Church Calendar
Mass Ordinary
Texts of the Mass that remain the same on most or all days of the Church calendar, the tunes may change
Office
Series of 8 prayer services of the Roman church, celebrated daily at specified times Matins Lauds Prime Terce Sext Nones Vespers Compline Vespers for Christmas Day
Psalm tone
Melodic formula for singing psalms in the office
Antiphon
Liturgical chant that comes before and after a psalm in the office
Tecum principium
Responsorial
Manner of performing in which a soloist alternates with a group
Antiphonal
Manner of performing in which 2 or more groups alternate
Direct
Manner of performing chant without alternating
Syllabic
One note / syllable of text
Neumatic
Chant having about 1-7 notes sung to each syllable of text
Melismatic
Has lots of melismas
Trope
Adding words, melody, a melisma, or just words to a chant
Quem queritis in presepe
Sequence
Latin chant that follows the Alleluia in some masses. Restatement of a pattern, melodic or harmonic, on successive or different pitch levels
Rex caeli domine
Liturgical Drama
Dialogue on a sacred subject set to music, usually performed with action, linked to liturgy
Quem pueritis in presepe
Goliard song
Songs associated to the Goliards
Chanson de Geste
Medieval french epic recounting the deeds of national heros
Jongleur
Medieval musician or street entertainer
Troubadour
Poet-composer of southern france who wrote monophonic songs in occitan
Trouvere
Poet-composer of northern france who wrote monophonic songs in old french
Contrafactum
Replacing the text of a vocal work without really changing the music
Strophic
Consists of 2 or more stanzas that are equivalent in form and can be sung to the same melody
Parallel Organum
Polyphony where an added voice moves in exact parallel to a chant a P5 below it
Discant
Style of polyphony where the upper voice has 1-3 notes for each note of the lower voice
Organum
Style of polyphony where you add one or more voices to a chant
Viderunt omnes, Perotinus
Florid Organum
Style of polyphony where the lower voice holds a note while the upper voice does its own thing
Rhythmic Mode
6 durational patterns used in polyphony
Conductus
Serious medieval song
Ave virgo virginum
Clausula
Self-contained section of an organum that closes with a cadence
Clausula on Dominus
Substitute Clausula
A new clausula designed to replace a segment of a chant
Motet
Polyphonic vocal composition
Te deum, Lully
Franconian notation
using note shapes to indicate duration
Ars nova
Style of polyphony that allows for greater rhythmic flexibility
Isorhythm
Repetition in a voice part of a pattern of durations
Hugo, hugo, Vitry
Hocket
Alternating rapidly between two voices, as if they share a melody
Rondeau
ABaAbAB
Robins m’aime, Halle
Trecento
The 1300s
Ballata
AbbaA
Non avra ma pieta, Landini
Ars subtilior
Style of polyphony with complex rhythms and notation
Fauxbourdon
Two voices are written, and a third unwritten voice sings below the upper voice
Criste, Redemptor omnium, Du Fay
Cantus Firmus
A new polyphonic piece based on an existing melody
Missa se la face ay pale, Du fay
Motto Mass
Polyphonic mass where the movements share the same opening motive
Imitation Mass
Polyphonic mass where each movement is based on the same polyphonic model
Missa o magnum mysterium, Victoria
Paraphrase mass
Polyphonic mass where each movement is based on the same monophonic model
Canon
Composition where the voices enter in order at intervals
Lied
Song with german words
Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen, Isaac
Chorale
Strophic hymn in the Lutheran tradition
Ein feste burg, Walter
Anthem
Polyphonic sacred work in English
If ye love me, Tallis
Villancico
Polyphonic song in spanish
Je ne puis vivre, Busnoys
Frottola
Italian polyphonic song
Mal un muta per effecto, Cara
Madrigal
Italian poetic form
Non al suo amante, Bologna
Lute song
English genre of solo song with lute accompaniment
Flow my tears, Dowland
Tablature
System of notation used for plucked string instruments
Variations
Form with a series of variants on a theme
John, come kiss me now, Byrd
Canzona
Instrumental work adapted from a chanson
